An Empty Chair-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:An Empty Chair] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:A Permeable Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An Empty Chair - Carrie Newcomer [00:12.43]I don't like the people staring at me like I'm a roadside wreck [00:16.36] [00:18.29]I don't wanna have to explain to the ones who neck [00:22.06] [00:24.14]I don't like that the mail with his name is still delivered here [00:27.95] [00:29.77]I don't like that where he used to be is now an empty chair [00:34.05] [00:37.52]My boy said [00:38.70]I don't want to sit down to dinner [00:41.13]It makes my stomach ache [00:42.54] [00:44.37]I don't like he don't tuck me in [00:46.56]I don't want a birthday cake [00:48.51] [00:50.47]When we both sit down to dinner the ache is everywhere [00:54.33] [00:56.19]I don't like that where he used to be is now an empty chair [01:00.36] [01:01.32]And I close my eyes [01:03.64] [01:04.26]And it hurts the same [01:06.18] [01:07.80]When you least expect [01:09.29]Everything can change [01:10.63] [01:12.43]Everything can change [01:15.09] [01:16.63]I don't want to keep my chin up and keep wondering what if [01:20.77] [01:22.47]There are things you cannot get over you just learn to carry it [01:26.78] [01:28.41]I don't wanna have to pack up all his things that still are here [01:32.43] [01:34.13]I just want where he used to be to not be an empty chair [01:38.47] [01:39.24]And I close my eyes [01:41.32] [01:42.31]And it hurts the same [01:44.13] [01:45.88]When you least expect [01:47.47]Everything can change [01:48.96] [01:50.21]Everything can change [01:51.89] [01:54.81]There's an empty chair in the kitchen there's a quiet in the house [01:59.53] [02:00.47]People say that time will heal but I have my doubts [02:05.19] [02:06.36]There's cold side to the bed and so I sleep downstairs [02:11.08]I don't want this empty chair [02:13.46] [02:21.16]I don't wanna see the TV [02:23.20]Cover one more tragedy [02:24.89] [02:26.88]This is not another hard luck story [02:29.18]It happened to me [02:31.01] [02:32.90]People sit around lie to themselves [02:34.94]Until the tale becomes threadbare [02:36.96] [02:38.51]The truth sounds like a gunshot and it looks like an empty chair [02:43.11] [02:45.04]And I close my eyes [02:48.38]And it hurts the same [02:50.17] [02:51.72]When you least expect [02:53.36]Everything can change [02:54.94] [02:56.08]Oh and I close my eyes [02:59.16] [02:59.87]Anat it hurts the same [03:01.79] [03:03.51]In a flash of light everything can change [03:06.38] [03:07.84]Everything can change [03:09.28] [03:10.80]Everything can change